WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:09.560 The Standard of California, on behalf of independent Chevron gas stations and standard stations 00:09.560 --> 00:15.960 throughout the West, invite you to let George do it. 00:15.960 --> 00:17.720 Another adventure of George Valentine. 00:17.720 --> 00:20.520 Personal notice, danger is my stock and trade. 00:20.520 --> 00:23.440 If you feel that you're one against the world and the help you need must be discreet and 00:23.440 --> 00:26.320 confidential call on me, George Valentine. 00:26.320 --> 00:32.880 Make full details. 00:32.880 --> 00:38.000 Dear Mr. Valentine, in this whole world there's only one person I care about, my 12 year old 00:38.000 --> 00:39.000 daughter Penny. 00:39.000 --> 00:43.720 This Friday I lose her, unless I can make her change her mind about me. 00:43.720 --> 00:47.960 You may be the one person who believes my side of the story instead of the juicy tabloid 00:47.960 --> 00:50.160 version everyone else chooses to believe. 00:50.160 --> 00:59.280 If this appeals to your let's say chivalrous side, I'll be home all day tomorrow. 00:59.280 --> 01:02.280 19 Montclair Drive, Lakeside Heights. 01:02.280 --> 01:03.920 Signed Barbara Ebbersole. 01:03.920 --> 01:06.200 Barbara Ebbersole, what do you know? 01:06.200 --> 01:07.200 What do you know? 01:07.200 --> 01:08.200 Barbara Lawson Ebbersole. 01:08.200 --> 01:10.240 All right, so she has a maiden name. 01:10.240 --> 01:13.200 You know I flunked medieval history in college because of this gal. 01:13.200 --> 01:15.440 You mean she wouldn't let you copy from her paper? 01:15.440 --> 01:17.440 Nothing as intimate as that, angel. 01:17.440 --> 01:21.000 You see she was in a musical comedy and had stayed in town for six weeks. 01:21.000 --> 01:22.000 Uh huh. 01:22.000 --> 01:26.080 Matinees Tuesday and Thursday, 2.30, same time as my class in medieval history. 01:26.080 --> 01:27.920 Yeah, I know, you had a conflict. 01:27.920 --> 01:32.160 On my history exam they asked me who sank the Spanish Armada and the only name I could 01:32.160 --> 01:35.200 think of was Barbara Lawson, the most beautiful girl in the world. 01:35.200 --> 01:36.200 They're close to posted. 01:36.200 --> 01:38.400 And I thought you worked your way through college. 01:38.400 --> 01:40.840 Yeah, except on those Tuesdays and Thursdays. 01:40.840 --> 01:49.080 Bruxy, we're going to drop in on Barbara Ebbersole, if just for all things on. 01:49.080 --> 01:56.880 Pardon me, young lady. 01:56.880 --> 01:59.040 Yes? 01:59.040 --> 02:01.680 The maid showed us in. 02:01.680 --> 02:02.680 We're looking for Mrs. Ebbersole. 02:02.680 --> 02:03.680 She's my mother. 02:03.680 --> 02:08.200 She's upstairs, but she's probably listening to see if I'm practicing my piano lesson. 02:08.200 --> 02:09.200 Oh, so you're Penny. 02:09.200 --> 02:10.200 You know something. 02:10.200 --> 02:11.200 What's that, dear? 02:11.200 --> 02:12.200 I could play like this. 02:12.200 --> 02:20.440 Well, that's a great improvement on what we heard when we came in. 02:20.440 --> 02:22.800 That's the way she liked to hear me play. 02:22.800 --> 02:25.640 When she's in the house, I play like this. 02:25.640 --> 02:31.200 You're a real nice kid. 02:31.200 --> 02:32.200 I think so. 02:32.200 --> 02:33.200 Oh, Mr. Valentine? 02:33.200 --> 02:35.600 Oh yes, Mrs. Ebbersole, and this is Miss Brooks, my assistant. 02:35.600 --> 02:37.200 How do you do, Miss Brooks? 02:37.200 --> 02:40.440 Are these people here to take your pictures for the tabloids again? 02:40.440 --> 02:41.440 Penny. 02:41.440 --> 02:42.440 I'm sorry. 02:42.440 --> 02:43.440 I shouldn't have said that. 02:43.440 --> 02:44.440 I hate myself. 02:44.440 --> 02:48.720 I don't know if it's any use at all, Mr. Valentine. 02:48.720 --> 02:52.560 Even if the courts let me keep Penny, I can't make her love me. 02:52.560 --> 02:55.200 What is it that's so wrong between you and Penny, Mrs. Ebbersole? 02:55.200 --> 02:56.200 Her father. 02:56.200 --> 03:00.280 Her wonderful, irreproachable father who drove his car off the cliff a year ago. 03:00.280 --> 03:01.560 Oh, I didn't know. 03:01.560 --> 03:02.560 I'm sorry. 03:02.560 --> 03:03.560 Why should you be? 03:03.560 --> 03:05.120 No one else ever was. 03:05.120 --> 03:08.680 I was the lucky one to have such a charming, attentive husband. 03:08.680 --> 03:12.200 Even his own child never suspected he was mean, cruel, and deceitful. 03:12.200 --> 03:13.200 No. 03:13.200 --> 03:16.200 That irresistible boy, Smile, took care of everything like that. 03:16.200 --> 03:17.200 I see. 03:17.200 --> 03:20.800 The last few months before he died, I started going out every night just to get away from 03:20.800 --> 03:24.360 him and his indifference to whether I was dead or alive. 03:24.360 --> 03:27.840 Of course, everybody was saying, how can she do that to Jerry? 03:27.840 --> 03:29.080 Poor charming Jerry. 03:29.080 --> 03:32.320 Oh, you said your husband drove his car off a cliff. 03:32.320 --> 03:33.320 Somehow he doesn't sound the type. 03:33.320 --> 03:34.320 I'll never forget that night. 03:34.320 --> 03:39.000 We had the most bitter quarrel we ever had, and he stormed out of the house. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 Yes? 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 Penny overheard us. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.360 Ever since, she's blamed me for what happened. 03:43.360 --> 03:46.000 Well, what's this about losing her on Friday? 03:46.000 --> 03:50.520 When Jerry died, his mother was determined to take Penny away from me. 03:50.520 --> 03:53.200 She almost did because Penny said she wanted to leave me. 03:53.200 --> 03:58.360 But the judge decided to put me on a sort of parole. 03:58.360 --> 04:02.000 One misstep, and I lose my child because I'm an unfit mother. 04:02.000 --> 04:03.000 Uh-huh. 04:03.000 --> 04:04.080 Now I think I get it. 04:04.080 --> 04:06.960 That business about tabloids, that was the picture of you in the papers when you were 04:06.960 --> 04:09.480 brought up on a traffic charge. 04:09.480 --> 04:11.360 You don't have to be so charitable, Mr. Valentine. 04:11.360 --> 04:13.000 They called it drunk driving. 04:13.000 --> 04:14.000 But I tell you, I was framed. 04:14.000 --> 04:15.000 Framed? 04:15.000 --> 04:16.000 I had dinner with Dan Edwards. 04:16.000 --> 04:18.640 I swear I had nothing stronger than coffee. 04:18.640 --> 04:22.560 Next thing I knew, I was alone in my car on the side of the road, and there was the policeman. 04:22.560 --> 04:23.920 Who is this Dan Edwards? 04:23.920 --> 04:25.520 I met him a short time ago. 04:25.520 --> 04:26.520 It was fun. 04:26.520 --> 04:31.280 We went out a few times, and then, well, this thing happened. 04:31.280 --> 04:35.320 Well, certainly, this Mr. Edwards can explain you weren't drinking, that you were ill or 04:35.320 --> 04:36.320 something. 04:36.320 --> 04:38.040 Seems the little gentleman can't tell a lie. 04:38.040 --> 04:42.480 His version is that I had a little too much, created a scene in the parking lot at Club 04:42.480 --> 04:43.960 44 and drove off without him. 04:43.960 --> 04:46.280 And you want me to prove it was a frame, is that right? 04:46.280 --> 04:48.920 I don't know how you're going to do it, but you must. 04:48.920 --> 04:49.920 Before Friday. 04:49.920 --> 04:50.920 Penny's all I got. 04:50.920 --> 04:51.920 I can't lose her. 04:51.920 --> 04:54.200 She'd go on thinking of me as a... 04:54.200 --> 04:56.200 Oh, Mr. Valentine. 04:56.200 --> 04:59.320 Oh, no, Mrs. Episode Don. 04:59.320 --> 05:12.440 Two days isn't an awful lot of time, Mrs. Ebersole, but I'll do my best. 05:12.440 --> 05:15.360 I won't be hypocritical, Mr. Valentine, Miss Brooks. 05:15.360 --> 05:17.480 I'm glad this thing happened to Barbara. 05:17.480 --> 05:20.320 Mrs. Ebersole, isn't that a pretty harsh thing to say about your daughter-in-law? 05:20.320 --> 05:23.000 I told Jerry he should never have married a girl like that. 05:23.000 --> 05:25.080 No, Mother, Barbara was Jerry's wife. 05:25.080 --> 05:26.520 And you're his brother, Leonard. 05:26.520 --> 05:29.120 You should be glad we're getting Penny away from this woman on Friday. 05:29.120 --> 05:31.840 Oh, we've heard so much about your son, Jerry. 05:31.840 --> 05:32.840 Yes. 05:32.840 --> 05:36.960 When Jerry walked into a room, the other men there stopped existing. 05:36.960 --> 05:40.160 You could tell that just by looking into the eyes of every woman. 05:40.160 --> 05:42.940 Yet he was kind and gentle. 05:42.940 --> 05:44.120 And when he smiled... 05:44.120 --> 05:45.840 Yes, we've heard all about that smile. 05:45.840 --> 05:49.380 I can understand your skepticism, Miss Brooks, but Mother's quite right. 05:49.380 --> 05:51.400 My younger brother was admittedly perfect. 05:51.400 --> 05:54.840 Mrs. Ebersole, I just often to tell you I'm playing on Barbara's team. 05:54.840 --> 05:56.840 Young man, you're wasting your time. 05:56.840 --> 06:00.120 There's no other explanation for what happened to Barbara that night. 06:00.120 --> 06:02.800 Except the obvious one you'll find on the police blotter. 06:02.800 --> 06:06.460 I'm afraid, Mr. Ballentine, my sister-in-law hired you to make her story sound a little 06:06.460 --> 06:07.460 more plausible. 06:07.460 --> 06:08.460 Could be. 06:08.460 --> 06:10.520 I'm going to have that child if it's the last thing I do. 06:10.520 --> 06:13.680 And I'm going to see that Barbara gets an even break if it's the last thing I do. 06:13.680 --> 06:14.680 Come on, Brooksie. 06:14.680 --> 06:15.680 Yes, George. 06:15.680 --> 06:20.860 Hey, look, Brooksie. 06:20.860 --> 06:22.840 How would you like to go to Club 44 tonight? 06:22.840 --> 06:24.840 I can recommend the food and the music's not too bad. 06:24.840 --> 06:26.160 Oh, I'd love it, darling. 06:26.160 --> 06:27.160 Tom, you picked me up. 06:27.160 --> 06:28.160 You're going to be there alone. 06:28.160 --> 06:29.160 Alone? 06:29.160 --> 06:30.160 Well, not exactly. 06:30.160 --> 06:34.400 If I've got the right slant on this thing, you'll be with Dan Edwards most of the evening. 06:34.400 --> 06:35.400 Dan Edwards? 06:35.400 --> 06:36.400 Uh-huh. 06:36.400 --> 06:37.400 I'll be waiting at Barbara's for your call. 06:37.400 --> 06:38.640 Well, what am I supposed to do? 06:38.640 --> 06:40.240 Mostly be a beautiful self, Brooksie. 06:40.240 --> 06:47.200 But to be more specific, here's the deal. 06:47.200 --> 06:59.680 Oh, I declare, Mr. Edwards, I'm just dreadful. 06:59.680 --> 07:03.320 I mean, being here alone in a nightclub in a big city with a strange man. 07:03.320 --> 07:05.320 Not a strange man, Claire. 07:05.320 --> 07:07.320 Just a lonely man. 07:07.320 --> 07:12.120 When Edwanda, the head waiter, told me that you were here all alone, I couldn't resist 07:12.120 --> 07:15.280 coming over to your table and introducing myself. 07:15.280 --> 07:17.720 And I wouldn't have it any different, Mr. Edwards. 07:17.720 --> 07:18.720 It's Dan. 07:18.720 --> 07:19.720 Yes, Dan. 07:19.720 --> 07:24.360 Oh, I wonder what Daddy would say if he could see me now. 07:24.360 --> 07:25.360 Daddy? 07:25.360 --> 07:29.440 He's always saying, Claire, honey, people with our position and money have to be mighty 07:29.440 --> 07:30.720 careful whom they meet. 07:30.720 --> 07:32.240 Oh, and he's so right. 07:32.240 --> 07:33.240 Would you believe it? 07:33.240 --> 07:36.480 I slipped out of the hotel after Daddy and Mother went to bed. 07:36.480 --> 07:39.360 Aren't I just awful? 07:39.360 --> 07:43.400 Let's compromise and say you're the sweetest thing that ever walked into my life. 07:43.400 --> 07:44.400 Oh, Daniel. 07:44.400 --> 07:47.400 And I'm going to find out a lot about you. 07:47.400 --> 07:50.680 What your daddy does, that great big house you must live in. 07:50.680 --> 07:52.480 Yes, Dan. 07:52.480 --> 07:59.280 And I'm going to find out a lot about you, too. 07:59.280 --> 08:12.200 Not just practicing tonight, eh, Penny? 08:12.200 --> 08:15.040 Oh, Mr. Valentine. 08:15.040 --> 08:16.320 Anyway she can't hear me. 08:16.320 --> 08:19.440 She's in her room and the door is closed. 08:19.440 --> 08:22.240 Uh, Penny, you love to play the piano, don't you? 08:22.240 --> 08:24.040 Yes, well, I'm alone. 08:24.040 --> 08:25.840 Well, tell me something, pie face. 08:25.840 --> 08:27.720 Who started you taking piano lessons? 08:27.720 --> 08:31.120 She did and made me practice every day whether I wanted to or not. 08:31.120 --> 08:34.080 Now you love to play, but not when she can hear it. 08:34.080 --> 08:37.080 Now that's kind of cock-eyed, isn't it, kid? 08:37.080 --> 08:40.120 Well, I don't have to talk to you. 08:40.120 --> 08:41.120 I'm going up to bed. 08:41.120 --> 08:42.120 Where's my book? 08:42.120 --> 08:43.120 Oh, that's it? 08:43.120 --> 08:46.120 Yes, let me have it. 08:46.120 --> 08:49.120 Yearbook, Denfield College, 1933. 08:49.120 --> 08:53.440 Yes, my father's picture is in there. 08:53.440 --> 08:55.920 I'll show you what they say about him. 08:55.920 --> 08:59.440 Here, doesn't he have a wonderful smile? 08:59.440 --> 09:08.320 Listen, Ebersole, Jerry, most popular man on the campus, captain, water polo team, most 09:08.320 --> 09:09.320 likely to succeed. 09:09.320 --> 09:10.320 Yeah, that's all right. 09:10.320 --> 09:13.320 None of the others had things like that written about him. 09:13.320 --> 09:16.840 Look at the very next one under father's picture. 09:16.840 --> 09:20.680 Eggleston, Frank, campus clown, good old Eggy. 09:20.680 --> 09:22.280 See what I mean? 09:22.280 --> 09:23.280 Eggy the clown. 09:23.280 --> 09:26.280 Oh, it's good to hear you laugh, dear. 09:26.280 --> 09:28.280 Oh, I was just going up to bed. 09:28.280 --> 09:29.280 Tammy, wait. 09:29.280 --> 09:30.280 Good night. 09:30.280 --> 09:31.280 Never mind. 09:31.280 --> 09:34.280 Did you find out anything, Mr. Valentine? 09:34.280 --> 09:38.440 No, no, but I did want to know a little more about this Stan Edwards. 09:38.440 --> 09:43.200 Well, he introduced himself and said he was a friend of Jerry's at Denfield College. 09:43.200 --> 09:44.200 Yeah? 09:44.200 --> 09:48.680 He told me about the time just before he and Jerry were supposed to graduate. 09:48.680 --> 09:50.880 Jerry stole the plapper out of the chapel bell. 09:50.880 --> 09:51.880 Oh. 09:51.880 --> 09:54.800 Leonard had to square things with the dean and make sure his mother never found out. 09:54.800 --> 09:55.800 I see. 09:55.800 --> 09:59.640 Mr. Valentine, there was nothing wrong with my going out with Dan. 09:59.640 --> 10:04.520 For a year, I kept myself cooped up in this house trying to be the perfect mother, always 10:04.520 --> 10:10.360 remembering Judge Blanchard saying, one misstep, Mrs. Ebersole, and Penny goes to her grandmother. 10:10.360 --> 10:13.800 And having dinner with Dan once in a while sort of helped take the pressure off her. 10:13.800 --> 10:14.800 That's right. 10:14.800 --> 10:19.560 I can't think of any reason Dan would lie about what happened that night. 10:19.560 --> 10:21.140 But what did you find out about him? 10:21.140 --> 10:23.440 Not much, Mrs. Ebersole, not much. 10:23.440 --> 10:28.000 But I have an idea that even at this distance, I'm learning more and more about Dan Edwards 10:28.000 --> 10:29.000 every minute. 10:29.000 --> 10:46.040 Well, tell me Claire, what would it take to impress your daddy? 10:46.040 --> 10:51.640 Well, like I keep saying, Daniel, he judges everybody by the substantial people they know. 10:51.640 --> 10:54.560 Well, I know some pretty important people in this town. 10:54.560 --> 10:55.560 You do? 10:55.560 --> 10:56.560 Yes. 10:56.560 --> 10:59.480 You can provide them on their investments, help them spend their money. 10:59.480 --> 11:02.360 Here, just look at this check. 11:02.360 --> 11:05.800 Oh my goodness, $5,000. 11:05.800 --> 11:06.800 Agnes Ebersole. 11:06.800 --> 11:10.000 I'm afraid the name wouldn't mean anything to daddy. 11:10.000 --> 11:11.000 Oh, Mrs. Ebersole. 11:11.000 --> 11:13.920 Her family stands for just about everything in this town. 11:13.920 --> 11:16.480 I didn't know you were so clever, Daniel. 11:16.480 --> 11:17.480 Oh dear. 11:17.480 --> 11:19.680 I've made up my mind. 11:19.680 --> 11:24.320 I'm going to call the hotel and tell daddy I'm right here, Club 44, with a very respectable 11:24.320 --> 11:25.320 gentleman. 11:25.320 --> 11:26.320 He'll be proud to meet me. 11:26.320 --> 11:27.320 Oh, thank you. 11:27.320 --> 11:28.840 Now you stay where you are, honey. 11:28.840 --> 11:39.760 I'll be right back. 11:39.760 --> 11:41.160 I got here as soon as I could, Brooksie. 11:41.160 --> 11:42.160 Edwards inside? 11:42.160 --> 11:43.160 Yes, daddy. 11:43.160 --> 11:45.840 And I just bet Mr. Dan is getting awful fidgety in there. 11:45.840 --> 11:46.840 All right, all right. 11:46.840 --> 11:47.840 You sure about that check? 11:47.840 --> 11:48.840 Yeah, I saw the signature. 11:48.840 --> 11:49.840 Agnes Ebersole. 11:49.840 --> 11:51.600 Oh good, that's a break I didn't even hope for. 11:51.600 --> 11:52.600 Now go on back inside. 11:52.600 --> 11:53.600 Well, what are you going to do, George? 11:53.600 --> 11:55.520 Oh, that's the surprise, Angel. 11:55.520 --> 11:57.680 The question is, who is it going to surprise most? 11:57.680 --> 12:12.440 Dan Edwards, Mrs. Ebersole, or Barbara? 12:12.440 --> 12:15.880 We'll return to tonight's adventure of George Valentine in just a moment. 12:15.880 --> 12:18.960 Meanwhile, a word about an extra service. 12:18.960 --> 12:22.980 When you're on your vacation trip, you don't expect to find everything just as convenient 12:22.980 --> 12:24.520 as it is at home. 12:24.520 --> 12:28.520 But when you stop at independent Chevron gas stations and standard stations, you can be 12:28.520 --> 12:33.080 sure all along your trip of restrooms that are spic and span. 12:33.080 --> 12:36.280 Folks have said that one of the things that makes a long trip more pleasant is knowing 12:36.280 --> 12:39.440 there are clean and tidy restrooms along the way. 12:39.440 --> 12:44.120 That's why these restrooms are cleaned thoroughly every day, inspected often, and well supplied 12:44.120 --> 12:45.680 with soap and towels. 12:45.680 --> 12:49.160 The men who offer you this service never want you to feel obliged to buy something when 12:49.160 --> 12:50.160 you stop. 12:50.160 --> 12:54.320 Just drop in any time at standard stations and independent Chevron gas stations where 12:54.320 --> 13:03.800 they say and mean, we'll take better care of your car. 13:03.800 --> 13:07.080 And now back to tonight's adventure of George Valentine. 13:07.080 --> 13:11.920 Under what circumstances would you say a mother deserves to lose custody of her child? 13:11.920 --> 13:16.480 Well, Barbara Ebersole, ex-chorus girl, is almost certain to be declared an unfit mother 13:16.480 --> 13:21.720 unless George proves that Barbara's recent front page escapade was a frame up. 13:21.720 --> 13:25.440 At Club 44 now, George makes his way toward the table where Claire is sitting with Dan 13:25.440 --> 13:28.920 Edwards, the man who seems to be the key to the whole problem. 13:28.920 --> 13:29.920 Hello, beautiful. 13:29.920 --> 13:30.920 I beg your pardon. 13:30.920 --> 13:34.600 Oh, and I don't say you don't know me just because it happens to be true. 13:34.600 --> 13:35.960 Now wait a minute, friend. 13:35.960 --> 13:36.960 Friend? 13:36.960 --> 13:37.960 Okay, prove it. 13:37.960 --> 13:38.960 Introduce me to the lady. 13:38.960 --> 13:40.960 Just you pay him no heed, Daniel, honey. 13:40.960 --> 13:42.760 Aha, a bell from Brooklyn. 13:42.760 --> 13:43.760 Mind if I sit down? 13:43.760 --> 13:46.160 Look, we don't know you, miss, and are on your way. 13:46.160 --> 13:47.160 Please, Daniel, not here. 13:47.160 --> 13:50.200 What would daddy say if he found out I was involved in a fight? 13:50.200 --> 13:54.200 Well, the lady's absolutely right, sir, but I'll be glad to give you satisfaction out 13:54.200 --> 13:55.200 in the alley. 13:55.200 --> 13:56.200 Okay, smart guy, come on. 13:56.200 --> 13:59.200 Don't you hurt him too much now, Daniel, honey. 13:59.200 --> 14:05.200 Don't you think you'd better give me the name of your nearest kin so I can notify him? 14:05.200 --> 14:08.280 Okay, brother, how do we begin? 14:08.280 --> 14:11.240 You want to knock the chip off my shoulder or do I just poke you in the nose? 14:11.240 --> 14:12.240 Stop the kid stuff. 14:12.240 --> 14:14.240 I've got a proposition to make. 14:14.240 --> 14:15.560 Now what are you talking about? 14:15.560 --> 14:18.120 I'm working up a business deal with a young lady in there. 14:18.120 --> 14:20.440 I've got to impress her. 14:20.440 --> 14:24.680 Now why don't you say you take this 10 bucks and have yourself a time somewhere else? 14:24.680 --> 14:25.680 Forget the whole thing. 14:25.680 --> 14:28.280 Oh, come on, boy, let's play rough. 14:28.280 --> 14:30.040 You're a big husky lad. 14:30.040 --> 14:31.520 Let's see if you can take care of yourself. 14:31.520 --> 14:33.120 Okay, I gave you your chance. 14:33.120 --> 14:35.120 Now, oh, what an opening. 14:35.120 --> 14:38.120 Hey, what do I have to do to make you sit down? 14:38.120 --> 14:44.120 I'll teach you to have to go around waving checks in front of young ladies. 14:44.120 --> 14:45.120 Now where is it? 14:45.120 --> 14:46.120 Here we are, $5,000. 14:46.120 --> 14:51.120 Mrs. Agnes Ebersole, paid at Dan Edwards. 14:51.120 --> 14:56.120 Well, I wonder how she's going to explain this little payment. 14:56.120 --> 14:59.120 Yeah, hello? 14:59.120 --> 15:07.120 George, what happened to you? 15:07.120 --> 15:11.120 I've been calling your apartment for an hour. 15:11.120 --> 15:12.120 I know, Angel just came in. 15:12.120 --> 15:13.120 I went out to see old Mrs. Ebersole. 15:13.120 --> 15:14.120 Oh, then you got the check. 15:14.120 --> 15:15.120 What did she say? 15:15.120 --> 15:16.120 Nothing, because she wouldn't see me. 15:16.120 --> 15:17.120 Oh. 15:17.120 --> 15:18.120 But maybe it's just as well. 15:18.120 --> 15:19.120 She can explain it to the judge tomorrow. 15:19.120 --> 15:20.120 The scene in the office, nice and early. 15:20.120 --> 15:21.120 Oh, and, Brooksie. 15:21.120 --> 15:22.120 Yeah? 15:22.120 --> 15:23.120 Just wanted to say you did a smooth job with Edwards. 15:23.120 --> 15:24.120 Thanks. 15:24.120 --> 15:25.120 Oh, it wasn't nothing, honey. 15:25.120 --> 15:26.120 Good night, chick-a-char. 15:26.120 --> 15:27.120 Not as smooth as you thought, Valentine. 15:27.120 --> 15:28.120 Now what? 15:28.120 --> 15:29.120 How'd you get in my room, Edwards? 15:29.120 --> 15:30.120 I've been waiting for you to show up. 15:30.120 --> 15:31.120 Oh, maybe I underrated you, boy. 15:31.120 --> 15:32.120 You're quite a grim character when you're holding a gun. 15:32.120 --> 15:33.120 I could just ask you to hand over that check, but I'm going to be very busy. 15:33.120 --> 15:34.120 Oh, I'm sorry. 15:34.120 --> 15:35.120 I'm sorry. 15:35.120 --> 15:36.120 I'm sorry. 15:36.120 --> 15:37.120 I'm sorry. 15:37.120 --> 15:45.120 I'm sorry. 15:45.120 --> 16:08.120 It's a hard way to. 16:08.120 --> 16:18.120 I'm sorry. 16:18.120 --> 16:23.120 I'm sorry. 16:23.120 --> 16:38.120 I'm sorry. 16:38.120 --> 16:53.120 I'm sorry. 16:53.120 --> 17:08.120 I'm sorry. 17:08.120 --> 17:23.120 I'm sorry. 17:23.120 --> 17:46.120 I'm sorry. 17:46.120 --> 17:54.120 I'm sorry. 17:54.120 --> 17:58.120 I'm sorry. 17:58.120 --> 18:05.120 I'm sorry. 18:05.120 --> 18:12.120 I'm sorry. 18:12.120 --> 18:18.120 I'm sorry. 18:18.120 --> 18:22.120 I'm sorry. 18:22.120 --> 18:28.120 I'm sorry. 18:28.120 --> 18:32.120 I'm sorry. 18:32.120 --> 18:42.120 I'm sorry. 18:42.120 --> 18:55.120 I'm sorry. 18:55.120 --> 19:01.120 I'm sorry. 19:01.120 --> 19:04.120 I'm sorry. 19:04.120 --> 19:08.120 I'm sorry. 19:08.120 --> 19:09.120 I'm sorry. 19:09.120 --> 19:24.120 I'm sorry. 19:24.120 --> 19:28.560 good grandma to the rescue we never prosecuted him I do hope there won't be 19:28.560 --> 19:32.200 any publicity at this late date the firm of done that can get it is very 19:32.200 --> 19:36.880 conservative how much was it a shortage of twenty thousand dollars in his 19:36.880 --> 19:41.720 accounts I've always thought poor Jerry began to lower himself so much he just 19:41.720 --> 19:45.760 couldn't go on anymore that was the real reason for his suicide you're a good 19:45.760 --> 19:56.600 psychologist mr. Dunlap thanks a lot. 19:56.600 --> 20:00.560 Brooksie I've made up my mind I'm gonna tell both Barbara and the kid the truth 20:00.560 --> 20:03.680 about ever so where are they upstairs getting ready to leave for Judge Blanchard 20:03.680 --> 20:07.800 that's right we don't have much time George we usually see eye to eye about 20:07.800 --> 20:12.400 things but I think you're wrong this time Penny's a sensitive unpredictable child 20:12.400 --> 20:15.860 you don't know what a thing like this might do to her well it may just jar 20:15.860 --> 20:19.720 enough to realize what she owes him or it may have the very opposite of all 20:19.720 --> 20:24.240 right so it's taking a chance okay but look Brooksie Peggy is young with a 20:24.240 --> 20:27.800 whole life ahead of her to get over any kind of shock what does Barbara have 20:27.800 --> 20:31.200 left if they take a daughter away from her well no no I'm gonna tell them both 20:31.200 --> 20:34.720 what the score is before we meet the judge and I'll need your help just the 20:34.720 --> 20:50.040 way we worked it out 20:50.040 --> 20:54.600 Barbara we still have a few minutes the courthouse is only across the street 20:54.600 --> 20:59.800 yes well there's something I must tell you what's that mr. Valentine suppose 20:59.800 --> 21:06.800 we're going to this little part of the now 21:06.800 --> 21:12.000 and he wouldn't even walk down here with me she insisted on walking with miss 21:12.000 --> 21:18.880 Brooks a half a block behind us what chance do I have let's wait and see 21:19.200 --> 21:27.400 those chimes from the tower the beautiful yes what did you want to say 21:27.400 --> 21:31.040 mr. Valentine I'd like to see the judge and get this over with please Barbara 21:31.040 --> 21:38.680 those chimes they make me feel like praying in such a long time since I've 21:38.680 --> 21:47.120 prayed this is only one thing I want what I've got to say can wait Barbara why 21:47.120 --> 21:56.960 don't we both just sit here and listen to the chimes dear Lord if I can't have 21:56.960 --> 22:04.640 any let it be happy wherever she is and and if the only thing that will really 22:04.640 --> 22:09.600 make her happy to forget that I was ever her mother 22:09.600 --> 22:12.520 let it be that way too 22:13.400 --> 22:19.880 Barbara this is what I want to tell you I found out today why Jerry killed himself 22:19.880 --> 22:25.360 what he stole $20,000 from Dunlap and Garrett oh no the truth and his mother 22:25.360 --> 22:28.680 covered for him just as she did every other time he got into trouble 22:28.680 --> 22:36.160 I don't believe it you're lying both of you. Penny what's she doing here I didn't know she was. I'll never believe that about my father never. Please Penny wait wait. 22:36.160 --> 22:40.080 Oh mr. Valentine. I'm sorry I thought if Claire brought Penny here. Well whatever 22:40.080 --> 22:46.120 slight chance I had is gone but it doesn't matter that Blanchard's already 22:46.120 --> 23:02.240 made up his mind let's go and get the formalities over with. 23:02.240 --> 23:10.840 Penny come here dear. Yes Judge Blanchard. The last time we were together about a year ago I 23:10.840 --> 23:17.800 had to make the decision about you and your mother now it's up to you. I know. 23:17.800 --> 23:23.120 Don't be frightened Penny tell the judge how you feel. Yes grandma. There's nothing I'd 23:23.120 --> 23:26.880 like to say Judge Blanchard. Please mr. Valentine what else is there to say you 23:26.880 --> 23:29.920 can see the nervous state of this child and it'd be a crime to let her stay with 23:29.920 --> 23:34.960 her mother. Let Penny go on mr. Valentine. Okay I'm not through. Take it easy darling. 23:34.960 --> 23:41.080 Penny you're a sensible little girl and you're old enough to know whom you'd 23:41.080 --> 23:51.040 like to live with. Well. Well I. Don't be afraid to talk to the judge Penny. I. I 23:51.040 --> 23:58.960 would like to. Go on. I want to go home and live with my mother. Oh mother mother. 23:58.960 --> 24:06.560 Penny my baby. I heard what you said when you were over there in the park. But it 24:06.560 --> 24:11.520 would be better if I forgot all about you. It would make me happy. Now hush darling. 24:11.520 --> 24:18.480 That doesn't matter now. I kept thinking about it and somehow I know what mr. 24:18.480 --> 24:24.880 Valentine said about father is true. Oh mother. Mother. It's been a whole year since you've 24:24.880 --> 24:29.880 called me that. Judge Blanchard I don't know what came over Penny but certainly we 24:29.880 --> 24:33.600 can't forgive this woman's scandalous behavior. Don't you dare talk about my 24:33.600 --> 24:39.920 mother that way. Penny what are you saying. Couldn't we go home now together mommy. 24:39.920 --> 24:44.600 Judge. I think you can decide the way your heart's telling you to Judge Blanchard 24:44.600 --> 24:48.600 and if we can have a few minutes alone I think we'll even be able to satisfy the 24:48.600 --> 24:59.800 law. 24:59.800 --> 25:04.920 Yes Judge Blanchard Leonard hired Dan Edwards to have Barbara conveniently 25:04.920 --> 25:09.560 drugged that night. What would be Leonard Eversole's reason for doing anything like 25:09.560 --> 25:13.200 that. Well the old girl was prepared to leave her entire fortune to Penny if she 25:13.200 --> 25:17.120 could get her legal custody. Leonard wanted to be in the position to administer 25:17.120 --> 25:21.360 the estate. After all Penny doesn't come of age for nine years. What about this 25:21.360 --> 25:26.320 check to Dan Edwards you said it was signed by Mrs. Eversole. Some fancy black 25:26.320 --> 25:30.520 male Judge. When Edwards was through with Leonard he started on his mother. The 25:30.520 --> 25:36.360 episode. It's hard to believe. George how did you suspect Leonard. Edwards never 25:36.360 --> 25:40.640 graduated from Denfield with Jerry. In the college year book it was Eversole 25:40.640 --> 25:44.880 and then Eggleston. No Edwards. Then who could have told Edwards about that 25:44.880 --> 25:48.800 little escapade Jerry had in his senior year. The one with the chapel bell. That was 25:48.800 --> 25:53.720 all hushed up. The mother never knew about it. It had to be Leonard. Pretty good 25:53.720 --> 25:59.240 work Valentine. You know when I was district attorney I would have a job for 25:59.240 --> 26:03.400 you. Well thanks. George may be able to return the compliment and have a job for 26:03.400 --> 26:12.800 you someday soon Judge. I hope. Make me fine. Of course we could go to a church. Oh no. 26:12.800 --> 26:17.400 I'll be more than glad to say the all-important words Miss Brooks. Oh wait 26:17.400 --> 26:22.000 a minute now who's getting framed. Come on Bruxy. 26:29.480 --> 26:34.580 I'd be willing to bet there's not one car owner in a thousand who could 26:34.580 --> 26:39.800 lubricate his car thoroughly. For there are more than 20 vital wear points on 26:39.800 --> 26:44.360 the average car and if most of us tried to find them it would be pure guesswork. 26:44.360 --> 26:49.080 Even the expert lube men at independent Chevron gas stations and standard 26:49.080 --> 26:54.860 stations don't rely on experience alone when they grease your car. 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They didn't make a rubble out of 27:54.080 --> 27:58.440 this place just for exercise. Yeah they gave Karoski this little party and took 27:58.440 --> 28:06.360 the guest of honor away with him. George. Oh come here look. Oh yeah blood. They 28:06.360 --> 28:11.440 couldn't wait could they. Oh but he's such a such a little man. We're up against a 28:11.440 --> 28:15.240 racket that thrives on little people Bruxy and we're gonna keep at it until 28:15.240 --> 28:39.840 we find out what it is. 28:39.840 --> 28:44.080 Tonight's adventure of George Valentine has been brought to you by Standard of 28:44.080 --> 28:48.440 California on behalf of independent Chevron gas stations and standard 28:48.440 --> 28:54.040 stations throughout the West. Let George Do It stars Robert Bailey as George with 28:54.040 --> 28:58.080 Francis Robinson as Claire. Tonight's story was written by David Victor and 28:58.080 --> 29:03.040 Herbert Little Jr. and directed by Don Clark. Also heard in the cast were 29:03.040 --> 29:07.920 Virginia Gregg as Barbara, Don Bender as Penny, Noreen Gamil as Mrs. Ebersole, 29:07.920 --> 29:13.120 Stan Waxman as Leonard, Jay Novello as Edwards and Herb Butterfield as Judge 29:13.120 --> 29:17.080 Blanchard. The music is composed and conducted by Eddie Dunstetter, your 29:17.080 --> 29:22.680 announcer John Heston. Listen again next week same time same station to Let George 29:22.680 --> 29:25.000 Do It. 29:25.000 --> 29:42.000 This is the Mutual Don Lee Broadcasting System.